Kanji Kaisen

字の旅3,000 years in three forms

Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE福3 (商)

Oracle bone and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The oracle bone and seal stages show 艸, not 艹 itself.

部首Radical · in Textiles, Plants & Food

艹

艹 grass, plants

くさかんむり kusakanmuri

3 strokesRadical of 68 kanjiPart of 75

Your ink in 艹0% painted · 0 of 68 familiar

Origin · sourced

Pictogram象形

Grass blades. Duplication of 屮 (“grass”).

Built from 屮 “grass” + 屮 “grass”

Source: Wiktionary, 艸 (rev. 93443751), the entry for the full form, CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation. It’s the sign of life and growth, reminding us of the seasonal cycles of nature.”

Where it sits in a kanji

Indicates plants, vegetation, herbs, flowers, or green growing things

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What it grows into

Built from 艹, with sourced origins
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Every kanji with 艹 as its radical

Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

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